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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:29:40 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> On 18 Feb 2008 13:38:02 -0500, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
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>>Well, I don't know how long it took for the stories about Jack the
>>Ripper to spread - do you?
>
> Fast in London, I believe
Probably. But how long until they knew in Sydney, Australia, or in the
colonies?
>>Keep also in mind that JtR's targets were in a large city - more rural
>>areas would have had much less coverage. If Laura Ingals Wilder had
>>shot up her schoolyard, we might well not have heard of it, partly
>>because it was a rural area, and partly because small towns tended to
>>not talk about serious things like this happening with outsiders.
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> Lizzie Borden with an Axe gave her father forty whacks
Yep...
Jim
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